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Is Your Family Safe from Toys?

May 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Kids & Teens, Parenting, Toys and Games

With the number of the massive recall of goods manufactured in China during the past year, there is certainly cause for concern. From pet food toys, products found to be contaminated or simply not having met with the families, in which they are really injured.

A statistic that can not be ignored is the fact that products made in China account for 80% of toys sold in the USA, and a similar model is also true for the rest of the G8 countries - the richest nations of world. All these countries the state high security standards applied in the manufacture of toys, but China is behind such a regime and finding themselves short of staff for the implementation of the rules they have. The fact is that large companies like Mattel Take a look to shave dollars of its Sub-bars on their production takes place in the Third World, rather than in G8 countries, where his toys are sold in the first Instead, such problems continue to wait. The factories, where these goods are produced, the use of cheap components and even the cheap labour. I know that this is a cliché, but it takes very often that what you pay.

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Wonder Magnet Projects

March 15th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Hobbies, Kids & Teens

Magnets and the importance of knowing what they are and how they are used are important in science and you can help children learn from these experiences with certain projects and fun. Many of us use magnets every day. Toys, television, even your refrigerator magnets.

A magnet is any material that fuels other materials. As a general rule, you can find magnets or iron alloy, but they may or copper metal, like many others. We use magnets to manipulate metal, to enable them to do what we want. We use it to help keep the doors closed things in place, while maintaining, to help us find the direction (compass) and, for many, many other purposes.

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